Fly-paper holder



(No Model.)

. W.- H. ALLEN.

v FLY PAPER HOLDER.

No. 487,505. Patented Dec. 6, 1892.

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XVILLIAM H. ALLEN, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

FLY-PAPER HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 487,505, dated December6, 1892.

Application filed June 20, 1892. Serial No. 437,304:- (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM H. ALLEN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Detroit, in the county of Wayne and State of Michigan, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Fly-Paper Holders, ofwhich the following is a specification, reference being had therein tothe accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in a frame forfly-paper; and it consists in the peculiar construction of a receptaclefor fly-paper, combined with a frame, by means of which it may beexposed when desired and the supply replenished when required.

The invention further consists in the peculiar construction,arrangement, and combination of the various parts.

In the drawings which accompany this specification, Figure 1 is a sideelevation of my improved frame, showing the fiy-paper in position foruse. Fig. 2isa similar elevation of a slightly-modified form, partly insection. Fig. 3 is a detached perspective view showing aslightly-modified form of frame, showing the manner of engaging thefiy-paper with the hooks at the top of the frame. Fig. 4 is across-section through the receptacle, showing a somewhat differentarrangement of storing the paper therein.

A is the receptacle, having a suitable cover B, within which I store thefly-paper provided with the usual adhesive material, upon which theflies are caught when it is exposed. This receptacle may be round, asshown in Figs. 1 and 3, or it may be of a shape as shown in Figs. 2 or4, or of any other desired configuration suitable to hold a roll orpackage of sticky fly-paper. Within this receptacle I preferably arrangea strip of fly-paper 0, having the usual sticky composition on bothsides and Wound spirally about the shaftD. This strip is preferablyprovided with cross-perforations E, dividing it into a series of shortsections. To this receptacle is slidingly secured a supporting-frame forthe purpose of exposing the paper when it is desired to be used. Thisframe preferably consists of the two standards F, slidingly engaging inthe apertureears G on the receptacle and connected together at the topby a cross-bar H. The crossbar H is provided with any suitable means forsuspendingitsuch asthe eyeI orahook and on its under side the cross-baris provided with one or more hooks J. The parts being thus constructed,the paper being coiled about the shaft D and within the receptacle, withits upper end passing through an aperture K in the top thereof, theoperator slides the receptacle upon the standard F to the top andengages the upper edge of the strip of paper with the hooks J, as shownin Fig. 8, and then suspends the device by the eye I. The weight of thereceptacle and its contents will cause it to fall gradually until itreaches the lower end of the standards, where it will be supported uponthe nut L, the paper being held in a straight line depending from thehooks J, as plainly shown in Figs. 1 and 2. When this strip of paper hasbecome dry or filled with flies, it maybe torn off at perforations E andthe operation repeated to bring forth a new strip.

Instead of coiling the paper about the shaft, as shown in Fig. 2, it maybe placed in any other waysuch, for instance, as shown in Fig. l-andwithin the spirit of my invention would be included any receptacleshaving a frame connected therewith, which receptacle contains a supplyof fly-paper, the frame being adapted to expose or exhibit the fly-paperfor use.

What I claim as my invention is- 1. In a receptacle for stickyfly-paper, the combination, with a support, of a sliding holder on thesupport and a sheet of sticky fly-paper connected at opposite ends tothe support and holder, respectively, substantially as described.

2. In a device of the kind described, the combination of a receptacleapertured on its upper face, a strip of fiy-paper therein, and a frameextending from said receptacle above the aperture and adapted to supportthe pa per, substantially as described.

3. In a device of the kind described, the combination of a receptacle,an apertured cover therefor, a shaft therein, a continuous strip offly-paper wound about said shaft, and a frame extending from thereceptacle upon which the paper when extended from the receptacle isadapted to be exhibited, substantially as described.

fly-paper in the holder, having its end carried out and connected to thesupport, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof Iaffix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM H. ALLEN. Witnesses:

N. L. LINDOP, M. B. ODOGHERTY.

